Monday Morning Rundown: 06/15/26

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye.

Isaac TeSlaa on Day 7 of OTAs - Photo by Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions

Lions Players, Coaches and Team

• Lions posted photos from Week 3 OTAs: Day 7, Day 8 and Day 9. We get our first look at rookie Skyler Gill-Howard and TeSlaa immense athletic ability.

• Check out the OTA Week 3 recap from Saturday

  • Updates on injuries to Branch, Joseph and more

  • Media Sessions with Tyliek Willaims, DJ Reed and Malcolm Rodriguez

  • Dan Campbell Media Session

  • Observations and Depth Chart lists

• Frank Ragnow opened up about his retirement and how much Guilt he had about it

• Isaac TeSlaa shared a story on Good Morning Football about his Rookie Dinner at Sexy Steak that Amon-Ra St Brown chose

• Jake Bates is a World Cup Superfan...

• Amon-Ra St Brown giving "one" word answers to describe each NFC North Team is as entertaining as you would expect it to be.

• Jared Goff is sitting at #3 in NFL Cash leaders for the 2026 season

• Jameson Williams is one of only four WRs to record +90 Yards After Catch over Expected in each of te last two seasons

• Jared Goff was Top 3 in the NFL in 2025 in both Red Zone Pass attempts and red Zone TD passes

• Happy Birthday to Christian Izien

• Congrats to Sam and Callahan LaPorta on the announcement of their first child

Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation

• Ben Johnson had had daily meetings and changed his offense to get on the same page and fit what Caleb Williams does, because he hasn't shown he can do what the offense requires to run properly.

• Bears fans are coping with Williams awful accuracy issues by using a made-up stat called "On target %" to justify why it isn't that bad

• The Vikings QB situation continues to devolve into an absolute sh*tshow of awkwardness, complaints about splitting reps and petty tantrums, and we are here for it.

• A judge just gave permission to every NCA player to gamble underage and on their own team with little to no consequences...

• As expected, two of the worst QB-WR duos by passer rating of reside in the NFC North and are exactly who you would expect them to be...

• The Seattle Seahawk's Super Bowl Ring is out, and it is massive....

• The list of Most Explosive offenses in the NFL (+15-yard plays) from 2025 has the Lions sitting at #3

Things I think are Noteworthy

• Dillon Dingler went 4/5 with 2 HRS and Mother Nature did this Tuesday night

• Stadium series food gets another sweet treat courtesy of the Houston Astros AAA farm club the Sugar Land Cowboys

• The World Cup has brought a Miller light Soccer ball, but how about the Tallerboy boy Coors Light that holds three cans?

The Galactic Glizzy and the Coors Light Tallerboy